A Wave of Reasons

Bertrand Russell:

When you are studying any matter

Or considering any philosophy

Ask yourself only: what are the facts,

And what is the truth that the facts bear out

Carl Sagan:

Science is more than a body of knowledge

It's a way of thinking

A way of skeptically interrogating the universe

If we are not able to ask skeptical questions

To be skeptical of those in authority

Then we're up for grabs

Michael Shermer:

In all of science we're looking for a balance

between data and theory

Sam Harris:

You don't have to delude yourself

With Iron Age fairy tales

Carolyn Porco:

The same spiritual fulfillment

That people find in religion

Can be found in science

By coming to know, if you will, the mind of God

Lawrence Krauss:

The real world, as it actually is,

Is not evil, it's remarkable

And the way to understand the physical world

is to use science

Richard Dawkins:

There is a new wave of reason

Sweeping across America, Britain, Europe, Australia

South America, the Middle East and Africa

There is a new wave of reason

Where superstition had a firm hold

Phil Plait:

Teach a man to reason

And he'll think for a lifetime

Sagan:

Cosmology brings us face to face with the deepest mysteries

With questions that were once treated only

in religion and myth

The desire to be connected with the cosmos

Reflects a profound reality

But we are connected; not in the trivial ways

That Astrology promises, but in the deepest ways

Richard Feynman:

I can't believe the special stories that have been made up

About our relationship to the universe at large

Look at what's out there; it isn't in proportion

Russell:

Never let yourself be diverted

By what you wish to believe

But look only and surely

At what are the facts

James Randi:

Enjoy the fantasy, the fun, the stories

But make sure that there's a clear sharp line

Drawn on the floor

To do otherwise is to embrace madness